Quick Drilling by Double-Clicking

Pivoting, Drilling, and Sorting Data 4-19 5. Select where to drill from. The row or column you selected appears here. You can also drill from another starting point by clicking the drop-down arrow and selecting from the list that appears. The choices in the list pertain to the data item to start the drilling and the type of drill option you selected. For example, if you selected a column heading and Drill UpDown, the other options are in the column’s data hierarchy. The drop-down arrow is not available if you selected a data item that does not have other levels for drilling. 6. Select where to drill to. The choices in the list show where you can drill to. The choices depend on the other selections on the dialog box. 7. Click OK. The data on the table or crosstab is then drilled to the level you specified on the dialog box. The following figures show examples of drilling from the Drill dialog box. In this example, the drilling starts at the City data, which is in the hierarchy of data—Region, City, Store Name. However, Quarterly data is related to City, so you can drill from City to Quarter. Figure 4–25 Drill to Related Item with the Drill Dialog Box Key to Figure 4–25 :

a. The East Region item is selected from the left axis.

b. ’Drill to a Related Item’ is selected.

c. The ’Where do you want to drill from?’ box confirms the drill-point. 4-20 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop

d. Calendar Quarter is selected from the list of related drill options.

e. Click OK to view the East Region data broken down into Quarters.

The Drill Options dialog box offers additional ways to customize the drilling results. Figure 4–26 Drill Options Dialog Box Click the Options button on the Drill dialog box to open the Drill Options dialog. Choose from the following options: Expand to include new item —the table or crosstab is enlarged to fit in the new level of data see Figure 4–27 for an example. Replaced with new item —the data level where the drill started is replaced with the new level of data see Figure 4–27 for an example. Current Sheet —adds the new level of data on the current worksheet. New Sheet —creates a new worksheet to display the drilled data. Table —display the results in a table. Crosstab —display the results in a crosstab. Let me modify query before proceeding —displays the New Sheet dialog box so you can format the new layout, add conditions and calculations before the drilling takes place. See Section 7.1, Building a New Workbook or Worksheet for a description of the options. Figure 4–27 shows the difference between expanding and replacing data.